SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Eversource teamed up with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to install the state’s first smart meter.

The installation marks major milestone for the Bay State’s ongoing transition to energy with no better place to begin this statewide rollout than in the City of Firsts.

Smart meters are a key part of this project and they will help improve electric reliability by allowing customers to have control over their energy use. “The other big benefit is they won’t need to call us any longer to know whether or not their power’s on or off. Right now, when customers lose power, we’re largely dependent on them calling us and letting us know that they lost power. With these meters, we’ll get a signal the second someone loses power letting us know and that wil

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